Can no longer search code without being logged in. · community · Discussion #77046
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Select Topic Area Product Feedback Body This is revolting and an anathema to the open source movement. A movement, I might add, Microsoft is abusing here. We're told that this is for security... Bu...

Edit:

Since theres been some confusion with dates

In 2016 github made site side searching login only and hid the search bar if you werent logged in. This didnt include searching within a repository so that could still be done, just not all repositories

This year was the change being referred to in this link which made repository level searching require logging in

Blog post: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-07-code-search-now-requires-login/

  • agilob@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    Fantastic way to start a shitstorm. You people don't even use search function logged out, because if you did, you would know they changed it in 2016. Microsoft has nothing to do with it.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11321623

    • mac@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      searching across all of github was made to be logged in then

      repository level searching though is relatively recent. Heres the blog post about the change dated in June this year https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-07-code-search-now-requires-login/

      This comment by an employee in the thread also calls out it was in 2023 and links to the blog post

      *removed externally hosted image*

      • agilob@programming.dev
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        11 months ago

        Heres the blog post about the change dated in June this year

        Half year too late for that outrage anyway :)

    • burliman@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      I’m getting so exhausted with the constant outrage in every goddamn feed in my life.

    • The Hobbyist@lemmy.zip
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      11 months ago

      I have been able to search logged out within a repository, up to this year. I think what you are referring to is search across all repositories. That was indeed disables a while ago. But things did change this year, unfortunately. So yes there is a legitimate and new issue... Once more.

    • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      It's not new, but it's possible that this is the first ticket created to discuss it. I don't search github using their shitty search anymore anyway: Long live https://sourcegraph.com/

    • mark@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      This is helpful. Thanks. Didnt even realize it. No need to use something to point out how its not a good look. It's still good to bring more awareness around how sites like Github are becoming a more of walled gardens. I agree with everything else you said though.

  • lysdexic@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    The biggest news to me is that GitHub allows users to search code. Every single time I tried to search something in GitHub, search results were next to completely useless, and always a sure-fire waste of time and effort.

    There's hope, I guess.

      • lysdexic@programming.dev
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        11 months ago

        must have been a half ass attempt

        How hard do you need to try to use a feature for it to be considered decent? Do you expect something as basic as a search to put up a fight?

  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    Honestly, I can't wait for Forgejo to implement federation. Gitlab might do so too after Forgejo shows that it's possible and gets a major following. They already are letting one external dude implement it after having slept on it for a good decade.